Turkish Neurosurgery 1995 , Vol 5 , Num 1-2
MULTIFOCAL HAEMANGIOBLASTOMA ASSODATED WITH ERYTHROCYTOSIS A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE
Nurullah YÜCEER1, Atilla ERDEM1, Alparslan ASIR1, Orhan BULAY2
1Ankara University, Faculty of Mediane, Departments of Neurosurgery, Ankara – Türkiye
2Ankara University, Faculty of Mediane, Departments of Pathology, Ankara - Türkiye
A 22 year old woman with a solid haemangioblastoma in the posterior fossa, cervicomedullary junction and spinal cord is reported. Preoperative magnetic resonans imaging (MRI) provided precise indications of the anatomical location and radiological features of the tumor that facilitated its partial removal by microsurgery. Laboratory investigations showed associated erythroeytosis of the haemangioblastoma. The patient was treated with conventional radiation therapy after attempts at surgical resection failed. Twenty- one months after the operation and twenty months after radiation therapy, the patient was neurologically normal. Keywords : Erythrocytosis, Haemangioblastoma, Radiation therapy
Corresponding author : Atilla Erdem